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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
 
 
The Problem with Juneteenth
Connor O’Keeffe
The abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery.
 
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Understanding the Montaigne Fallacy
Mark Thornton
With the world moving more and more in the direction of trade protectionism and war, it is worth remembering the origin of the fallacies upon which this movement is based.
 
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Preface to Theory and History
 
“Without praxeology no economics can be truly Austrian or truly sound.” —Murray N. Rothbard
 
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The Path to American Independence
 
After salutary neglect ended in the 1760s, colonists embraced increasingly radical measures to fight new British cronyism.
 
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Resisting the Brave New Culture
Murray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want to be coerced.
 
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Lew Rockwell on the Plot To Destroy Our Children
Public schools are now government institutions that encourage students to irrevocably mutilate themselves if the student feels he is the "wrong" gender. This is kept secret from parents.
 
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The First French Communists: The Conspiracy of the Equals
“Caius Gracchus” Babeuf came to Paris in 1790 and imbibed the revolutionary atmosphere. Five years later, he founded the secret Conspiracy of the Equals.
 
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Theory and History
 
David Gordon presented this lecture at Mises University 2018.
 
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The Broken Window
 
The Broken Window is a rhyming and illustrated retelling of Frédéric Bastiat's 1850 story about the broken window fallacy. It is a lesson for people of all ages to consider the opportunity costs of destructive events and government policies.
 
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